Abu Dhabi investment firm Aabar and U.A.E. construction company Arabtec are looking to step up their investments in Egypt, the chairman of both entities said, underscoring the deepening ties between the two countries.

Saudi Arabia accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of hypocrisy on Sunday, telling an Arab summit that he should not express support for the Middle East while fuelling instability by supporting Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.

Egypt’s Medical Forensics Authority on Tuesday dismissed its spokesman after he said last week that a poet and activist killed by police birdshot had died from her wounds only because she was too thin.